MASTERWRITER VS SCRIVENER HOW TO
How could I resist reading this? I happen to love Scrivener, even though I don’t know how to use the extra fancy stuff in it, but Linda Howard Urbach, author of the best-seller Madame Bovary’s Daughter, has been looking for the ideal writing partner, and most of the candidates don’t seem to have been marriage material.
How Scrivener Stole My Heart and Left My Novel in the Lurch – Or do you fall squarely in the middle? Do you think there needs to be a balance between reading and writing for an author to stretch his or her wings and leave the earth behind? Let us know in the comments.Seduced Again. Rowling are adamant you must read a lot to learn to write well, while on the other hand, Umberto Eco, who wrote the fantastic The Name of the Rose, said he told people, "You know, I don’t read, I write." It seems the big names in writing fall on one side or the other. On which side of the scale do you fall? Do you believe writers need to read as much as they write or do you think a gifted storyteller need not pollute his mind with others’ thoughts? Authors who write the gap-fillers seem to succeed beyond their wildest dreams because readers love the new and unique. In the same vein, if you’ve not read extensively in your genre, how will you know, as a writer, what will set you apart from all the rest? When you read others’ work, you can find the gap that needs filled. If you’ve never read Romeo and Juliet, how would you know that tale’s already been told? One caveat they’re not taking into consideration is how to avoid writing what’s already been done. In fact, they claim you’ll achieve a more unique voice if you don’t study and emulate others. Some experts say you need not read to succeed as an author.
Much like aspiring authors study those who’ve succeeded and practice everything they learn, screenplay writers’ research is performed by watching both good and bad movies. In essence, you’d be studying what worked for others and how you can incorporate those lessons into your own work. So, if you’re a screenwriter, you could seriously count binge-watching Netflix as part of your profession’s equilibrium. You also might be better off analyzing popular movies to determine a formula for what works and what doesn’t. It might behoove you to read other successful screenplays to see how screenwriters concoct scenes. Just like the fascinating English language we learn and study as writers, there is an exception to balancing writing and reading. As a comparable artist, how can you expect to take shortcuts if the best of the best don’t? Even martial arts experts, athletes, and virtuoso musicians study the masters in their field and practice hours and hours a day. One feeds your soul while the other hones your craft. You need to find an equal balance between writing and reading every day. Apprentices study how masters perform, and they practice what they’ve learned on real projects.Īs a writer, do you think you could achieve or eclipse a master writer’s efforts if you don’t study what he or she has done in the past? And as a writer, if you don’t practice your art every day, how will you possibly achieve or eclipse the best writers out there? Consider how plumbers and electricians spend on average two to five years as an apprentice. And the flip side of that coin is you can’t be a great writer if you don’t write, write, write, and write some more. You can’t be a great writer without analyzing why readers consider other books great. You must balance both reading and writing You must balance both reading and writing.
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